People wonder why I give the "subtle" racists such a hard time on here. Well here's your answer. Your innuendo jacks up the climate to embolden others who may not be quite as subtle as you to do asinine sh*t like this.

I'm sure in their minds it's "just a joke" and that us libtards need to get a "sense of humor".

I'm sure someone will come along and defend these precocious rapscallions against the over reactions and oppression of the librul "PC police". At the very least they will derail the thread ignoring the actual assaults and deny racism exists and how racist it is that black people can say the "n wurd" but white people can't or some other such nonsense.

Yes subby, because people in school administration should be taking over the role of the police just because an assault happens on their campus. And if they don't, they obviously approve of the assault.

Let me guess, an african american is crying racism because of <insert reason here>? go figure... I'm starting to believe African americans just look for a reason to scream racism so they can sue and get a lottery payout.

Its like welfare, just a much bigger check and you don't have to work hard to get it.

Let me guess, an african american is crying racism because of <insert reason here>? go figure... I'm starting to believe African americans just look for a reason to scream racism so they can sue and get a lottery payout.

Its like welfare, just a much bigger check and you don't have to work hard to get it.

Criminal matter? Assault? This pussy got hit with a water balloon by some assholes riding around campus. Seems that the only reason minorities were the "targets" is probably because the are the only ones that equate being hit with a water balloon to a farking hate crime and report it to police. I would wager that there are similar or greater numbers of wet non-minorities walking around that campus that didn't feel the need to make a federal case out of it...literally.

Similar reports surfaced last year. But according to the Austin American-Statesman: linked here

Austin police said only one attack was reported, and that case was suspended due to lack of evidence. A police official said that damaged evidence was requested but that the victim did not submit anything.

So no evidence produced so far. And Texas has the largest student population in the country. Not every college aged kid in Austin is a student either. Plus the source for the story. Bah. That Burnt Orange Report? Send your favorite conservative to that site and watch their head explode.

And I'm a lefty liberal, but if you've not been attacked by bleach, it's easy enough to fake. As far as I can tell, no one has even tweeted a pic of the clothing they were wearing at the time they were hit. You can't fail to produce evidence then claim racism when nothing is done.

Infernalist:Because of the three, one is most known for making things whiter 'and' has the nice side effect of destroying dna.

And they used balloons. Balloons are often made from rubber, which comes from trees which were shipped from Brazil to Europe by Henry Wickham. Wickham was of British descent. The British were the second largest transporters of slaves over the Atlantic, the Atlantic Ocean just happens to be the second largest ocean. Considering that we now have had "second" pop up three times we can deduce that there were three assailants.

You are reading way too much into it. If it is some racist who is throwing bleach balloons at non-whites then I'll agree that bleach was very likely picked because it is used to make things white (both for the skin and to ruin clothing). But destroy DNA? No one would have picked bleach for that purpose.

SweetDickens:i laugh at your stupidity....seriously...did you all even farkin' learn anything in any school????

Like learn how to think critically?????

Oh, you are ameriturds...continue on then.

Kind Sir or Madaam;

The beginning of a sentence should be capitalized. Your attempt at using an ellipsis is both poorly formatted, and misused. They are used to create a cliff hanger or intrigue the reader. You have used a double-space between the words learn and anything, which is poor grammar as well. One question mark will suffice in most sentence structures. It's as if you aren't educated that well.

Yes please:mesmer242: Well, subby, West campus is not actually UT property and nobody knows for sure that the person doing it is a student. It's sort of the job of the police to investigate crimes. We had some hate crimes at my university (not UT, and not a school in Texas) when I was a student, and the local police and criminal justice system did a much better job of dealing with it than administrators.

When I we a student there was an anti-gay slur written on someone's white board and the first thing the school did was call in the FBI to investigate. This was a week into freshman year, and the "victim" was a freshman girl. The real victims were really the students on the list she provided to the FBI who then interrogated them. Then she admitted she had done it herself, and she got pulled out of school and put into a mental institution. It probably would have been less embarrassing for everyone if the campus police had looked into it first.

Reminds me of a local school here which had a bleach balloon attack, idiot kids would run around pelting other frat shirts ruining them. It wasn't campus police but the local PD which investigated and found two idiots doing it, they plead down to something (I think original charge was attempt. to do great bodily harm) to aggravated battery. College kids in general are stupid as hell, why the FBI or what not needs to be involved who knows, but im willing to bet NOT just minorities are targeted here, but the media loves to play that scenario.

/funny thing is it was on some bible college campus, those kids are frankly nuts - they are not allowed to smoke or drink on campus but go ape shiat at the local college bar where stupidity runs its highest real quick.

here to help:People wonder why I give the "subtle" racists such a hard time on here. Well here's your answer. Your innuendo jacks up the climate to embolden others who may not be quite as subtle as you to do asinine sh*t like this.

I'm sure in their minds it's "just a joke" and that us libtards need to get a "sense of humor".

I'm sure someone will come along and defend these precocious rapscallions against the over reactions and oppression of the librul "PC police". At the very least they will derail the thread ignoring the actual assaults and deny racism exists and how racist it is that black people can say the "n wurd" but white people can't or some other such nonsense.

Then you have people like me that look at statistics that show that blacks murder whites at over twice the rate of whites murdering blacks.

Or, look at the fact that while whites are 78% of the population and commit about 50% of all murders while blacks are about 12% of the population and commit 48% of all murders.

What's really disturbing is the percentage of murders between the two races, combined, steadily rose across 28 years of a BJS study of data.

August11:mesmer242: Well, subby, West campus is not actually UT property and nobody knows for sure that the person doing it is a student. It's sort of the job of the police to investigate crimes. We had some hate crimes at my university (not UT, and not a school in Texas) when I was a student, and the local police and criminal justice system did a much better job of dealing with it than administrators.

Ok. But what message is silence?

I think the normal, meaning expected but meaningless, response would be for the school administration to come out a strongly worded letter condemning the bleach bombers blah, blah, blah, followed by comments on support for a diverse student boy an how it make the school stronger, blah, blah, blah . Then outside consultants would be hired at much cost (although money is not a problem for UT) . This will be followed by diversity and tolerance lectures for students, perhaps a few more ethnic studies courses offered, even a building named after civil rights leader, maybe separate Student unions base upon and decorated toward oppressed minorities cultures, open to all students of course, but set up to offer minority students a place to connect with their culture. The student body will do their part also with protests and petitions, perhaps demanding that bleach be banned from campus (even though the attacks took place off campus).

Meanwhile APD may or may not have caught the perpetrators.

Of course the perps may be swayed by the lectures on diversity and tolerance along with the courses on ethnic studies and not repeat their bleach bombing.

So did you read the Fark thread about the 13 year old white kid set on fire in a racial attack?

mesmer242:Well, subby, West campus is not actually UT property and nobody knows for sure that the person doing it is a student. It's sort of the job of the police to investigate crimes. We had some hate crimes at my university (not UT, and not a school in Texas) when I was a student, and the local police and criminal justice system did a much better job of dealing with it than administrators.

Oh, and I like your edgy and controversial "I hate people who bad things" position. It stands in stark contrast to your earlier position that you hate people who are "subtle" in encouraging things that only you can see and hear.

In addition to these symptoms, the person may display arrogance, show superiority, and seek power.[8] The symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder can be similar to the traits of individuals with strong self-esteem and confidence; differentiation occurs when the underlying psychological structures of these traits are considered pathological. Narcissists have such an elevated sense of self-worth that they value themselves as inherently better than others, when in reality they have a fragile self-esteem, cannot handle criticism, and will often try to compensate for this inner fragility by belittling or disparaging others in an attempt to validate their own self-worth. It is this tendency that is characteristic of narcissism as opposed to other psychological conditions affecting level of self-worth.[9]You should look into that, maybe you can get some help.

And, if I'm boring and predictable, can you at least humor me and state why, with no evidence, you're positive this is a racist attack?

You stated some real herpaderpadoo with this comment:People wonder why I give the "subtle" racists such a hard time on here. Well here's your answer. Your innuendo jacks up the climate to embolden others who may not be quite as subtle as you to do asinine sh*t like this.

Considering last week a person was shot in cold blood due to the racism stoked by the people calling for the conviction of George Zimmerman. I know it's not easy to answer, no one ever wants to admit they're a moron that is farking up the world. As I've learned through various life lessons though, you have to be ready to be honest with yourself and admit you have a problem if you want to advance through it.

Interesting, in a thread where there is no evidence of racial animus, you invent a conspiracy that it's really a racist attack. You then go on a rant about how awful conservatives are, thump people with a holier than thou attitude concerning race, and all the time you no facts to back up your argument.

Is this performance art?

You never answered my question so presumably you have me on ignore. I think it's best for all that your fragile ego not handle the abuse it would receive from having to deal with information that disagrees with your beliefs.

Let me guess, an african american is crying racism because of <insert reason here>? go figure... I'm starting to believe African americans just look for a reason to scream racism so they can sue and get a lottery payout.

Its like welfare, just a much bigger check and you don't have to work hard to get it.

The one where the gunman tweeted how much he hates white people and since Zimmerman's acquittal has attacked several white people in revenge. You probably haven't gotten your talking points on how to dismiss it fully yet.

here to help:People wonder why I give the "subtle" racists such a hard time on here. Well here's your answer. Your innuendo jacks up the climate to embolden others who may not be quite as subtle as you to do asinine sh*t like this.

I'm sure in their minds it's "just a joke" and that us libtards need to get a "sense of humor".

I'm sure someone will come along and defend these precocious rapscallions against the over reactions and oppression of the librul "PC police". At the very least they will derail the thread ignoring the actual assaults and deny racism exists and how racist it is that black people can say the "n wurd" but white people can't or some other such nonsense.

Since the article says nothing about who is throwing the bleach, why are you so sure it's racism? There's a pretty well established recent history of liberal college students "raising awareness" by performing hate crimes. Nothing in the article says they have a description of the thrower.

BTW... what's your opinion of the recent murders committed by people outraged by the Zimmerman verdict? Do you think that the people who hyped that case into a racist incident should feel deep shame or soul-crushing shame?

I'm willing to bet the farm that these bleaching incidents are manufactured by uber-left leaning students. Like Oberlin, Tawana Brawley, et al, it'll be another "community organizer" with an "end justifies the means" mentality. "We know racism is there, and if we can't prove it, we'll fake it."

Neighborhood Watch:So this has supposedly happened 5 total times, 4 of which were almost a YEAR ago, and it's an 'epidemic'?

Yeah, right.

/just make sure you don't turn down the wrong street during a Juneteenth rally in Austin. Trust me...

My son goes to year-round school in east Austin (the "black" part of east Austin, and walked all around the area with the parade and rallies during nearly every day of Juneteenth with nary a problem. He's Casper-white and a redhead, so you can't stand out much more than that. In my experience, it's just not what you seem to be implying.

freak7:As long as we're not calling the killing of the Australian baseball player and WWII soldier racially motivated, we're good.

The fact this exact statement is being parroted over and over (in this thread even) shows how subservient you are to your right wing propaganda masters. Racism is bad no matter who does it and if you think liberals believe that racial violence against white people is okay you are a useful and easily manipulated idiot.

Congratulations. Your corporate owners will be pleased. Have a cookie.

arcas:Sherman also speculates that the purpose of the bleach bombs may be to target students of color with a chemical normally used to "whiten" clothes.

This reminds me of literature classes in high school and college where the teacher/prof required students to write essay upon essay analyzing symbolism that simply wasn't there.

No, the person(s) behind this are most likely not doing it because bleach turns things white. They're most likely doing it because bleach is cheap, easily-available and will readily ruin most clothing it comes in undiluted contact with. But mostly because it's cheap.

Of course you're right, that's why there's documented reports of them being thrown at dorm windows belonging to minority students. Because they're trying to ruin the window with the bleach!

mesmer242:Well, subby, West campus is not actually UT property and nobody knows for sure that the person doing it is a student. It's sort of the job of the police to investigate crimes. We had some hate crimes at my university (not UT, and not a school in Texas) when I was a student, and the local police and criminal justice system did a much better job of dealing with it than administrators.

When I we a student there was an anti-gay slur written on someone's white board and the first thing the school did was call in the FBI to investigate. This was a week into freshman year, and the "victim" was a freshman girl. The real victims were really the students on the list she provided to the FBI who then interrogated them. Then she admitted she had done it herself, and she got pulled out of school and put into a mental institution. It probably would have been less embarrassing for everyone if the campus police had looked into it first.

KidneyStone:here to help: People wonder why I give the "subtle" racists such a hard time on here. Well here's your answer. Your innuendo jacks up the climate to embolden others who may not be quite as subtle as you to do asinine sh*t like this.

I'm sure in their minds it's "just a joke" and that us libtards need to get a "sense of humor".

I'm sure someone will come along and defend these precocious rapscallions against the over reactions and oppression of the librul "PC police". At the very least they will derail the thread ignoring the actual assaults and deny racism exists and how racist it is that black people can say the "n wurd" but white people can't or some other such nonsense.

Then you have people like me that look at statistics that show that blacks murder whites at over twice the rate of whites murdering blacks.

Or, look at the fact that while whites are 78% of the population and commit about 50% of all murders while blacks are about 12% of the population and commit 48% of all murders.

What's really disturbing is the percentage of murders between the two races, combined, steadily rose across 28 years of a BJS study of data.

August11:mesmer242: Well, subby, West campus is not actually UT property and nobody knows for sure that the person doing it is a student. It's sort of the job of the police to investigate crimes. We had some hate crimes at my university (not UT, and not a school in Texas) when I was a student, and the local police and criminal justice system did a much better job of dealing with it than administrators.

Ok. But what message is silence?

Oh FFS, this shiat doesn't need to be addressed in any manner by the administration. Let the cops handle it, if they feel that it's in the public interest to make everyone aware of bleach water-balloons, they can do that. That is their job, not the school administration's.

Well, subby, West campus is not actually UT property and nobody knows for sure that the person doing it is a student. It's sort of the job of the police to investigate crimes. We had some hate crimes at my university (not UT, and not a school in Texas) when I was a student, and the local police and criminal justice system did a much better job of dealing with it than administrators.

Trolltastic headline there subby. Because this incredibly short on details article doesn't mention what the university is doing about this matter, you assume it's nothing. This despite the fact that the police are investigating it.

Here's the part I don't get. No matter the issue, be it racist attacks, rapes or whatever, if the university turns the matter over to the police, people biatch that they're doing nothing. If the university investigates the matter themselves, people biatch that they're covering it up and it should be a police matter. Make up your farking minds people because you can't have it both ways.

We have enough issues with trolls posting on this site, do we really need to green-light their headlines as well?

See... the thing is I could be a complete asshole. I could be an utter moron. I could be a puppy kicking pervert... yet I would STILL win the argument because I am not the one arguing in defense of racism.

Racism is indefensible. If you are arguing in favor of racism then you are arguing the wrong side and have lost before you begun.

Yeah, so edgy and original. Good lord, man. Your new style seems to be to BORE everyone to death.

You're calling me out for using a common farkism, on fark? And not just that, but also for the crime of not entertaining you? That has to be the saddest reply ever. It looks like I was right to suspect you have some form of mental illness though, so there's that.

I think the media was extremely irresponsible with how they went about reporting the Zimmerman case but I think they are irresponsible like... all the time.

If innocent peoples got killed, beaten or even harassed over the verdict then the perps are sh*theads. Sh*t heads are sh*t heads.

And to quell any further questions as to my white guilt librul bias... If black people or any other race go around being bigoted shiat heads... well they're bigoted sh*t heads and I have as much distaste for their racism as I do when white people do it.

I know by not confirming your bias of ME you lost all ground in the argument. For that I am truly sorry. I know how much some of you look forward to your little "GOTCHA" moments but there are not to be had here. Why? Because not all of us think like assholes like your kind does. Hard to believe but it's true.

Apik0r0s:It's Texas, full of Republicans and real Muricans. They're lucky they weren't dragged behind a truck.

You realize you're a racist piece of shiat right....here's the proof....would your panties be in a wad if I commented?It's Oregon, full of Obama voters and real Mullatos....they're lucky they didn't have their head bashed in with big flash lights.....or.....It's Tennessee, full of Democrats and real Gangstas....they're lucky they didn't get doused with gasoline and set on fire.It's Illinois, full of Progressives and voting poltergeists....they're lucky they weren't shot while playing in their front yard.

The dragging of James Bryd happened 15 years ago and Texas was more than happy to execute the pieces of shiat that perpetrated that heinous crime. The three instances that I mentioned have happened in the last 2 weeks. Painting with such a broad brush doesn't make you appear nearly as clever as you think it does,

It's kind of funny, because no matter what, farklibs will always justify everything they and their peers do. Did it ever occur to you that the unwavering belief that you're absolutely perfect in every action you take, might in fact be the sign of a mental illness? Seriously, no matter what facts are thrown at you people, you somehow find some excuse to make yourselves 100% right.

I've only been here a few years, but was there ever a time when it wasn't like this?

Yeah, some time around the lead up to the invasion of Iraq is when it started going downhill, but the last few years its been almost unbearable. And I know this is unrelated to the thread, but I swear it skyrocketed when Obama got elected.

BraveNewCheneyWorld:Yes subby, because people in school administration should be taking over the role of the police just because an assault happens on their campus. And if they don't, they obviously approve of the assault.

/calibrate sarcasm here

Actually, yes on all accounts.

When the hell are we going to kick Texas to the curb and give them back to Mexico? What an embarrassment.

OhioUGrad:mesmer242: Well, subby, West campus is not actually UT property and nobody knows for sure that the person doing it is a student. It's sort of the job of the police to investigate crimes. We had some hate crimes at my university (not UT, and not a school in Texas) when I was a student, and the local police and criminal justice system did a much better job of dealing with it than administrators.

A lot of administrators are inept at their own jobs, cannot imagine them trying to investigate a crime

Which is why you dont report crimes to a college official. You report it to the police. Its like penn state all over again.

Sweaty Dynamite:Criminal matter? Assault? This pussy got hit with a water balloon by some assholes riding around campus. Seems that the only reason minorities were the "targets" is probably because the are the only ones that equate being hit with a water balloon to a farking hate crime and report it to police. I would wager that there are similar or greater numbers of wet non-minorities walking around that campus that didn't feel the need to make a federal case out of it...literally.

You'd be aware that it's pretty common for universities and colleges to address crimes that are occurring in and around their campuses. They send notices, step up on-campus patrols, work with the students to educate them on how to protect themselves or spot shady activity etc. etc. etc. Applies to assaults, burglaries, pretty much anything that looks like a rash of related or spree crimes whether it's on the campus or not.

And you feel that 4 water balloons is enough to warrant that level of reaction from the administration? You think a few water balloons warrant notices? Patrols!? A student balloon awareness club? This barely warrants attention from legitimate police, it's a petty crime. This is NOWHERE near the level of criminal activity that might require any public action from the administration, and you're ridiculous for claiming otherwise.

Infernalist:Because, in Texas, black people have to manufacture proof of racism. LOL

csb: When I lived in Texas some years ago I was trying to buy a specific model of a thing and called a store across town to confirm they had exactly what I needed in stock. It was going to be a PITA trafficky drive and I didn't want to waste my time AGAIN driving to a place just to be told they didn't have it. I made them confirm in no uncertain terms that they had the exact numbered model of what I needed. So I get there and wouldn't you know it, they don't have the thing they PROMISED they had...they just tried to sell me something similar. So I get back to work and I'm fuming and pissed off and I'm ranting about this to the black security manager (I'm white) and he asks me why I think this happened. I tell him because society sucks and people are liars and don't give a shiat about anyone and anything. He then told me he always chalked stuff like that up to racism. I know it sounds corny but he actually said my experience was making him think that not everything he called racism was actually racism.

At least four minority students at the University of Texas, Austin say they have been victims of a "bleach bomb" attack while walking near campus, but none of them filed police reports after the incidents, authorities said.

Police got involved when they heard "through the grapevine" that Asian and African-American students had spoken out on social media about the bleach incidents, which happened between June and September.

"The victims need to make a report so we can either assist [Austin Police] if it was off campus or work on it ourselves if it was on campus... "We need facts to go on."

arcas:Infernalist: Of course you're right, that's why there's documented reports of them being thrown at dorm windows belonging to minority students. Because they're trying to ruin the window with the bleach!

lol you people

So you're suggesting that the reason bleach was the chemical of choice is because the assailant has some insatiable desire to turn the victims white? Seriously? If that were the case, why not use peroxide? Or white paint?

I never suggested this wasn't racially-motivated. I'm simply poo-pooing the idea that the choice of bleach was some sort of deeply symbolic gesture.

Because of the three, one is most known for making things whiter 'and' has the nice side effect of destroying dna.

And if you can look at the 'old' ads listed in this thread that play on the long-known theme of 'use bleach to make em white!' and not think that it wasn't a symbolic gesture then...I don't know what to say. You have real, honest-to-god ADS promoting the idea that go back a half century and longer...What more evidence do you need that it's a symbolic thing?

Infernalist:Of course you're right, that's why there's documented reports of them being thrown at dorm windows belonging to minority students. Because they're trying to ruin the window with the bleach!

lol you people

So you're suggesting that the reason bleach was the chemical of choice is because the assailant has some insatiable desire to turn the victims white? Seriously? If that were the case, why not use peroxide? Or white paint?

I never suggested this wasn't racially-motivated. I'm simply poo-pooing the idea that the choice of bleach was some sort of deeply symbolic gesture.

PainfulItching:Similar reports surfaced last year. But according to the Austin American-Statesman: linked here

Austin police said only one attack was reported, and that case was suspended due to lack of evidence. A police official said that damaged evidence was requested but that the victim did not submit anything.

GoldSpider:Why does anybody feel they need an official response from the UT administration?

West Campus is home to more than 50 Greek organizations, more than 12 co-ops, organized by the Inter-Cooperative Council (ICC), and many other student organizations. (Wikipedia)

It's not an official part of campus but there's enough of a school presence there that if there is a known safety issue, it would be prudent to let the students know about it. If it were just student housing somewhere off campus, it'd be a stretch to expect the school to say anything but for all practical purposes west campus appears to be part of the school even if technically it isn't.

Regardless of if the school should be involved or not, what kind of person throws bleach balloons?

Nabb1:Infernalist: Here's a nice little nugget for those who are still doubting UT's pervasive racism:

UT's Greek community, specifically member organizations of the Inter-Fraternity Council and University Panhellenic Council, has recently drawn sharp criticism for racially-themed parties at which sorority and fraternity members and their guests -- who, for the most part, are white -- dress up in stereotypical clothing associated with a minority group. The local chapters of Tri Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha have recently apologized for a fiesta-themed party where two party attendees wore shirts that read "Illegal" and "Border Patrol."

And according to older reports, these bleach attacks are an ongoing thing, going back into 2012 and earlier still. So, again...

WELCOME TO TEXAS, YALL

If you think that's bad, go look up ATO's "Old South Nights" on some southern campuses. That border patrol schtick is nothing.

I know, pretty farking racist, aren't they? Openly, too. And people wonder why we have to sit on Texas with Federal laws and rules when it comes to Voting Rights. Those slack-jawed yokels can't be trusted with that kind of responsibility.

Infernalist:Here's a nice little nugget for those who are still doubting UT's pervasive racism:

UT's Greek community, specifically member organizations of the Inter-Fraternity Council and University Panhellenic Council, has recently drawn sharp criticism for racially-themed parties at which sorority and fraternity members and their guests -- who, for the most part, are white -- dress up in stereotypical clothing associated with a minority group. The local chapters of Tri Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha have recently apologized for a fiesta-themed party where two party attendees wore shirts that read "Illegal" and "Border Patrol."

And according to older reports, these bleach attacks are an ongoing thing, going back into 2012 and earlier still. So, again...

WELCOME TO TEXAS, YALL

If you think that's bad, go look up ATO's "Old South Nights" on some southern campuses. That border patrol schtick is nothing.

Infernalist:Here's a nice little nugget for those who are still doubting UT's pervasive racism:

UT's Greek community, specifically member organizations of the Inter-Fraternity Council and University Panhellenic Council, has recently drawn sharp criticism for racially-themed parties at which sorority and fraternity members and their guests -- who, for the most part, are white -- dress up in stereotypical clothing associated with a minority group. The local chapters of Tri Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha have recently apologized for a fiesta-themed party where two party attendees wore shirts that read "Illegal" and "Border Patrol."

And according to older reports, these bleach attacks are an ongoing thing, going back into 2012 and earlier still. So, again...

WELCOME TO TEXAS, YALL

You say "going back to 2012" like that's an almost incomprehensible amount of time when we are talking somewhere between 8 months and a year and 8 months. But I guess it helps you get your overly dramatic gibberish across. I bet Al Sharpton would pay you to write for him...y'all clown

Here's a nice little nugget for those who are still doubting UT's pervasive racism:

UT's Greek community, specifically member organizations of the Inter-Fraternity Council and University Panhellenic Council, has recently drawn sharp criticism for racially-themed parties at which sorority and fraternity members and their guests -- who, for the most part, are white -- dress up in stereotypical clothing associated with a minority group. The local chapters of Tri Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha have recently apologized for a fiesta-themed party where two party attendees wore shirts that read "Illegal" and "Border Patrol."

And according to older reports, these bleach attacks are an ongoing thing, going back into 2012 and earlier still. So, again...

Sherman also speculates that the purpose of the bleach bombs may be to target students of color with a chemical normally used to "whiten" clothes.

This reminds me of literature classes in high school and college where the teacher/prof required students to write essay upon essay analyzing symbolism that simply wasn't there.

No, the person(s) behind this are most likely not doing it because bleach turns things white. They're most likely doing it because bleach is cheap, easily-available and will readily ruin most clothing it comes in undiluted contact with. But mostly because it's cheap.

here to help:Misconduc: Let me guess, an african american is crying racism because of <insert reason here>? go figure... I'm starting to believe African americans just look for a reason to scream racism so they can sue and get a lottery payout.

Its like welfare, just a much bigger check and you don't have to work hard to get it.

So you'd be cool with someone dumping crackers soaked in hydrochloric acid on you, right?

It wouldn't be racism, black on white crime? its just simple battery, White on black? fire up the rallies!

Misconduc:Let me guess, an african american is crying racism because of <insert reason here>? go figure... I'm starting to believe African americans just look for a reason to scream racism so they can sue and get a lottery payout.

Its like welfare, just a much bigger check and you don't have to work hard to get it.

So you'd be cool with someone dumping crackers soaked in hydrochloric acid on you, right?

"Austin Police are investigating the allegations about an incident off campus and we are anxious to learn the results," said Gregory J. Vincent, Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement at UT. "The dean of students and our campus climate response team, which coordinates the university's' response to bias incidents, is actively reviewing these allegations and also prepared to work with Austin Police on their investigation." The University of Texas Police Department said they were aware of the situation and are working with APD on the case.

BraveNewCheneyWorld:Yes subby, because people in school administration should be taking over the role of the police just because an assault happens on their campus. And if they don't, they obviously approve of the assault.

/calibrate sarcasm here

I know that a lot of schools prefer to police themselves internally. The schools pretend it's a service they offer to students but it's really aimed at reducing the number of police reports.

Students call security to report a crime and it's suggested to them that it will end badly if they let the local PD in.

Every year there are stories of rape victims that accuse the school of siding with the rapists and destroying their criminal case.

Uranus Is Huge!:Schools should never address or comment any crimes that occur on their campuses. Ever. Doing so often pollutes the police investigation, taints the future jury pool, and causes undue alarm in the community.

Apparently, these attacks are taking place off campus. It's unclear if the attackers are even students. As noted, the administration has commented on prior attacks. What would you have them do at this point? Form a posse and ride?

Schools should never address or comment any crimes that occur on their campuses. Ever. Doing so often pollutes the police investigation, taints the future jury pool, and causes undue alarm in the community.

In fact, the press should keep quiet about crimes too. The police will let us know what we need to know.

BraveNewCheneyWorld:August11: mesmer242: Well, subby, West campus is not actually UT property and nobody knows for sure that the person doing it is a student. It's sort of the job of the police to investigate crimes. We had some hate crimes at my university (not UT, and not a school in Texas) when I was a student, and the local police and criminal justice system did a much better job of dealing with it than administrators.

Ok. But what message is silence?

Oh FFS, this shiat doesn't need to be addressed in any manner by the administration. Let the cops handle it, if they feel that it's in the public interest to make everyone aware of bleach water-balloons, they can do that. That is their job, not the school administration's.

BraveNewCheneyWorld:Yes subby, because people in school administration should be taking over the role of the police just because an assault happens on their campus. And if they don't, they obviously approve of the assault.

/calibrate sarcasm here

Universities typically have their own police force. They arrest people, write tickets and everything.